Carol Broos

Current

• Music Teacher at Sunset Ridge School District #29

Past

• music teaher at Sunset Ridge School District #29
• Music Teacher at Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated District #102
• Assistant Youth Director at First Presbyterian Church

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Education

• Northeastern Illinois University
• The Ohio State University

Connections

11 connections

Industry

Primary/Secondary Education

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Website

Carol Broos’s Summary

Mrs. Carol Broos teaches music grades fourth through eighth at Sunset Ridge School in Northfield, Illinois.

Other responsibilities: All-school musical, fourth grade musical, and a fifth grade music theater project, seventh grade advisor, yearly talent show, and Vermont MIDI Project.

Committees at Sunset Ridge: Professional Growth Committee, Parent Communication Committee, Discipline Committee, Sunshine Committee, Assessment Committee, School Improvement Plan Committee. She has been a Cooperating Teacher, and was President and Chief Negotiator for two Sunset Ridge Education Association Contracts.

On her website http://www.carolbroos.com parents and students use daily. Her website won “Best in the Web” as the best student-centered site for 2007 by Digital Education, the only teacher awarded and it received the “School website of the week” for March 16, 2007 by TechLearning.com. She was a finalist for TechLearning.com “Leader of the Year – 2007” and a “Star Educator” from Discovery Education. She is a “Golden Apple” winner for 2008.

She developed a website: http://www.beatechie.com a teacher-friendly website where teachers have posted their work they have completed at her presentations..

She traveled to Japan on a Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund teacher scholarship in October 2006.

She has published an article for Technology Institute of Music Educators (Spring 2007, Vol. 9, No, 2) titled “GarageBand, not GarbageBand.”

She has presented at the Illinois Music Educators Convention (IMEA), the National Technology Institute of Music Educators (TI:ME), Ohio Music Educators Conference (OMEA), Michigan Music Educators Conference (MMEA), and Illinois Technology Conference for Educators (IL-TCE), and Illinois Educational Technology Conference (IETA) She will be presenting at the National Music Conference (MENC) and the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in 2008.

Finally, she is an Illinois provider for CPDU’S.

Carol Broos’s Specialties:

Music Education, Music Technology, Musical Theater, Blogging, Podcasting, Multi-media, Education, iLife software,

Carol Broos’s Experience

• Music Teacher

  Sunset Ridge School District #29

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Music industry)

  August 1987 — Present (21 years 3 months)

  School related:
  Musical Director and Producer of All-School Musical, Holiday Concert, The Big Picture Project, Vermont MIDI Project, Spring Sing, Seventh/Eighth Grade Advisor, Class Video Project, Sunset Ridge Singers, Mixed Media, Solo and Ensemble Concert, Talent Show, Student Council Advisor, Eighth Grade Washington Trip Chaperone, Seventh Grade Outdoor Education Teacher
  
  Committees:
  Professional Growth Committee, Parent Communication Committee, Discipline Committee, Sunshine Committee, Assessment Committee, School Improvement Plan Committee, Cooperating Teacher, Sunset Ridge Education Association President and Chief Negotiator

• music teaher

  Sunset Ridge School District #29

  (Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  1987 — 2008 (21 years)

• Music Teacher

  Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated District #102

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  August 1978 — August 1987 (9 years 1 month)

  School related:
  Choir, Musicals, Holiday Concert, Solo and Ensemble Concerts, Eighth Grade Slide Show, International Fair Advisor, Fifth Grade Advisor
  
  Committees:
  Statue of Liberty, Disciple Committee, New Building Committee, Aptakisic-Tripp Education Association Chief Negotiator, Music Articulation Committee, Social Fund (Treasurer)

• Assistant Youth Director

  First Presbyterian Church

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

  March 1979 — December 1980 (1 year 10 months)

  I assisted the Youth Director at the Church is small groups, summer camps, and musical activities.

Carol Broos’s Education

• Northeastern Illinois University

  M.A., Music Education, 1984 — 1987

• The Ohio State University

  B.M.E., Music Education, 1974 — 1978

  Activities and Societies:

  Student Affairs Member of the School of Music, Resident Advisor, Chorale, Symphonic Choir, Women's Glee, Gray Band, Kappa Kappa Gamma Culture and Song Leader, Delta Omicron Music Honorary

Additional Information

Carol Broos’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Website

Carol Broos’s Interests:

Golfing, Snow Skiing, Gardening

Carol Broos’s Groups:

MENC, ILMEA, TI:ME, IL-TCE, IL-IETC, IETC, NEA, ICE, NECC

•    NEIU Alumni
•    Alumni of The Ohio State University
•    Buckeye Alumni Network
•    Technology in Education
•    Discovery Educator Network
•    Gifted Talented Network
•    Innovative Learning & Education Innovators
•    Music Educator's Group
•    Edubloggers

Carol Broos’s Honors:

2008 "Who's Who in American Women," 2008 "Golden Apple" winner; "Mary Hoffman" award from Illinois Music Educators Associciation (Music Teacher of the Year); Leader of the Year-Finalist 2007, TechLearning.com; The Center for Digital Education "Best of the Web" for www.carolbroos.com; 2007 TechLearning.com School site of the week for www.carolbroos.com; 2007 One-to-one Learning "Certificate of Learning; 2007 Illinois Music Educator Association 25-year of teaching; 2007 Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program, 2006

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